conscious
[ kon-shuhs ]
/ ˈkɒn ʃəs /
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adjective
noun
the conscious, Psychoanalysis. the part of the mind comprising psychic material of which the individual is aware.
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Can be confusedconscience conscious
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2. Conscious, aware, cognizant refer to an individual sense of recognition of something within or without oneself. Conscious implies to be awake or awakened to an inner realization of a fact, a truth, a condition, etc.: to be conscious of an extreme weariness. Aware lays the emphasis on sense perceptions insofar as they are the object of conscious recognition: He was aware of the odor of tobacco. Cognizant lays the emphasis on an outer recognition more on the level of reason and knowledge than on the sensory level alone: He was cognizant of their drawbacks.
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British Dictionary definitions for half-conscious (1 of 2)
half-conscious
adjective
only partially alert and awake
British Dictionary definitions for half-conscious (2 of 2)
conscious
/ (ˈkɒnʃəs) /
adjective
- alert and awake; not sleeping or comatose
- aware of one's surroundings, one's own thoughts and motivations, etc
- aware of and giving value or emphasis to a particular fact or phenomenonI am conscious of your great kindness to me
- (in combination)clothes-conscious
done with full awareness; deliberatea conscious effort; conscious rudeness
- denoting or relating to a part of the human mind that is aware of a person's self, environment, and mental activity and that to a certain extent determines his choices of action
- (as noun)the conscious is only a small part of the mind
Compare unconscious
Derived Formsconsciously, adverbconsciousness, noun
Word Origin for conscious
C17: from Latin conscius sharing knowledge, from com- with + scīre to know
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Word Origin and History for half-conscious
conscious
c.1600, "knowing, privy to," from Latin conscius "knowing, aware," from conscire (see conscience); probably a loan-translation of Greek syneidos. A word adopted from the Latin poets and much mocked at first. Sense of "active and awake" is from 1837.
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Medicine definitions for half-conscious
conscious
[ kŏn′shəs ]
adj.
Having an awareness of one's environment and one's own existence, sensations, and thoughts.
Intentionally conceived or done; deliberate.
n.
In psychoanalysis, the component of waking awareness perceptible by a person at any given instant.
Related formscon′scious•ly adv.
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